This document summarizes a collaborative project between Leicester College and the University of Leicester to investigate how personal digital assistants (PDAs) can support portfolio development for teaching assistants in a foundation degree program in education. The objectives are to produce a literature review on using PDAs for work-based learning, develop a pedagogical model and proof of concept, create resources for practitioners, and develop guidelines for integrating PDAs into institutional learning management systems. Research involved interviews, classroom observations, and focus groups with 5 third-year and 8 second-year teaching assistants and 11 first-year assistants. Key issues included pedagogy, support needs, and ethics. Benefits included knowledge repositories, memory aids, evidence of learning, and